Section 1711. Milk Sanitation.--The Department of Agriculture shall have the power, and its duty shall be:
(a) To enforce, administer and carry out the provisions of the act approved the second of July, one thousand nine hundred thirty-five (Pamphlet Laws 589), entitled "An act to safeguard human health and life by providing for the issuance of permits to, and regulation of persons and entities selling milk and milk products; conferring powers, and imposing duties on the Secretary of Health, the Advisory Health Board; and otherwise providing for the administration of the act; and imposing penalties."
(b) To perform all duties and exercise all powers vested by such law or any other law in the Department of Health, the Secretary of Health or the Advisory Health Board and relating to the protection of the purity and sanitation of milk for human consumption.
(1711 added July 2, 1953, P.L.341, No.78)
Compiler's Note: Sections 2 Act 78 of 1978, which added section 1711, provided that all powers and duties of the Department of Health, the Secretary of Health and the Advisory Health Board relating to the protection of the purity and sanitation of milk for human consumption are hereby transferred to and hereafter shall be exercised by the Department of Agriculture and the Secretary of Agriculture.
Section 3 of Act 178 of 1978 provided that Act 78 shall not affect any rules, regulations, orders or permits issued, action taken or contract made by the Department of Health, Secretary of Health or Advisory Health Board prior to the effective date of Act 78. Nor shall this act affect any pending action, civil or criminal brought by or against the Department of Health or its officers, but such action may be prosecuted or defended by the Secretary of Agriculture as if originally brought by or against him.